parting (redirected from parting of the ways)

part·ing  (pärtng)

n.

1.

a. The act or process of separating or dividing.

b. The state of being separated or divided.

2. A departure or leave-taking.

adj.

Given, received, or done on departing or separating: a parting gift.

Idiom:

parting of the ways

A point of divergence, especially one of great moment.

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parting

Noun

1. a departure or leave-taking

2. Brit & NZ the line of scalp showing when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions

3. the act of dividing (something): the parting of the Red Sea

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	parting - the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" leave-taking, farewell, leave departure, going, going away, leaving - the act of departing valediction - the act of saying farewell
	2.	parting - a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions; "his part was right in the middle" part hair - a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells" line - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent

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parting

noun 1. farewell, departure, goodbye, leave-taking, adieu, valediction

noun 2. division, breaking, split, separation, rift, partition, detachment, rupture, divergence

modifier 3. farewell, last, final, departing, valedictory

Translations

parting [ˈpɑːtɪŋ] n (= act of) → separación f (= farewell); despedida;

(BRIT) (in hair) → raya

adj → de despedida;

parting shot (fig) → golpe m final

parting [ˈpɑːtɪŋ] n → séparation f;

(Brit) (in hair) → raie f

adj → d'adieu;

his parting shot was ... → il lança en partant ....

parting [ˈpɑːtɪŋ] n (action) → Teilung f (= farewell); Abschied m;

(Brit) (in hair) → Scheitel m

adj [words, gift etc] → Abschieds-;

his parting shot was ... (fig) → seine Bemerkung zum Abschied war ...

parting [ˈpɑːtɪŋ] n → separazione f;

(BRIT) (in hair) → scriminatura

adj → d'addio;

parting shot (fig) → battuta finale